CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad: Texas Governor Abbott Followed an Israeli Agenda in Banning CAIR, Using Crusade-Era Tactics by Claiming Muslims Want to Impose Sharia Law In a November 19, 2025 interview on Al Jazeera Network (Qatar), Nihad Awad, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), responded to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization. He said that Abbott is an American politician but is operating according to an Israeli